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Perverse Policy: UK Govt. CIO Loses Clout If He Spends Less
Feb 9, 2010
Posted by Bob Evans
Calling it "one of the most perverse things I have heard," the CIO of the U.K.'s Revenue and Customs branch said he was warned by Cabinet officials that if he were to find creative ways to cut his $1.2 billion IT budget by 50%, he would be dropped from a top-level group that shapes government purchasing policy and strategy.

Oracle Customer That Backed Sun Bid Gets Big Contract
Feb 9, 2010
Posted by Bob Evans
Extending its wide-ranging strategic relationship with Vodafone, Oracle has picked the giant mobile-phone operator to supply more than 16,000 Oracle EMEA employees with voice, data, and management services.

GM Ex-CIO Szygenda To iRise
Feb 8, 2010
Posted by Bob Evans
Ralph Szygenda, General Motors' longtime CIO who retired late last year, is joining rapidly growing software firm iRise as a strategic consultant to create a CIO advisory council focused on defining and leading IT transformation and understanding the potential of enterprise visualization in those large-scale efforts.

SAS Record Revenue Of $2.3B
Feb 7, 2010
Posted by Bob Evans
Squeezing 2.2% revenue growth out of recession-racked 2009, SAS posted record revenue of $2.31 billion while plowing 23% of that total, or about $530 million, back into R&D. And the company also said it kept its promise on layoffs.

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